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sohaib Special user San Ramon, CA 577 Posts |
It's a new year, so why not start a new thread about this? Here are mine:
Rainbow Deck - my own routine with influences from Nick Trost's Technicolor Change 21 - Mark Mason Four Blue Cards - a Juan Tamariz routine based on Oliver McKenzie's My Drink Trick |
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Pauldela Special user U.K 882 Posts |
- My Ambitious Card with Card to wallet
- A Ring on String routine with Departure ring flight - Invisible deck (gotta love it!) Those are the ones I have most fun with and have got the most mileage! Oops, I didn't see you say card effect. In that case... A Chicago Opener, or perhaps Anniversary Waltz type routines. |
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huruey Loyal user York, UK 205 Posts |
- Ambitious card with card to mouth
- An effect of my own called "The Mirror Trick" I can't chose beyond that.
Joe Williamson
Chair of the University of York Magic Society Free Memorized Stack Trainer: http://huruey.webs.com |
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MickeyPainless Inner circle California 6065 Posts |
What standard of measure are you using for "best"? Your own opinion, your significant other, friends and family, paying audience, your mentor, YouTube comments etc.?
Mick |
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huruey Loyal user York, UK 205 Posts |
I think you can chose your own definition of best. I based it on practicality and recent performances. I'm sure there's a few standardised scales for measuring how good an effect is through youtube comments, though.
Joe Williamson
Chair of the University of York Magic Society Free Memorized Stack Trainer: http://huruey.webs.com |
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Pauldela Special user U.K 882 Posts |
As I stated - Those are the ones I have most fun performing and have got the most milage out of.
They may not be 'best', but in context to what he's saying, I figured out what he meant. |
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BarryFernelius Inner circle Still learning, even though I've made 2537 Posts |
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On 2009-01-19 18:56, huruey wrote: I'm intrigued. Please describe these standardized scales that can be used to measure how good a magic effect is. (OK, I'll tip my hand; for a variety of reasons, I don't think that YouTube can or should be used to measure the goodness of a magic effect. But I'd be happy to be proven wrong).
"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time."
-Leonard Bernstein |
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Steven Youell V.I.P. 3866 Posts |
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On 2009-01-19 19:06, BarryFernelius wrote: Exactly. And since there are no such scales, threads like this are meaningless. But then again, the Café is overburdened with threads like this. One poster said words to the effect that "You can use your own scales..." Doing so doubles the meaningless. SEY |
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huruey Loyal user York, UK 205 Posts |
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On 2009-01-19 19:06, BarryFernelius wrote: (([Number of comments]*[Number of comments mentioning Criss Angel]*(Current date - Submission date))/([Number of days video has been up]*[Total Comments]*([Total Comments]-[Number of comments that don't mention Criss Angel])) + [How good the trick is out of ten] - [Number of videos] If I have done the math right, then you should find that this formula accurately equates to a number between 1 and 10 which indicates how good the effect is, where 10 is good and 1 is bad.
Joe Williamson
Chair of the University of York Magic Society Free Memorized Stack Trainer: http://huruey.webs.com |
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evolve629 Inner circle A stack of 3838 Posts |
We all have our scales of satisfaction, happiness, romanticness, etc. They do somehow have instruments for them to measure... But than again, in real life, my mood today is a 8 and I like 3-Card Monte and it'll get a 9.5/
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in - Wayne Gretzky
My favorite part is putting the gaffs in the spectators hands...it gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside! - Bob Kohler |
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JeffreyTong New user Toronto, Canada 7 Posts |
I would have to say:
Ambitious card - My owned Finger Flicker - Pit Hartling Recon - Dorian Rhodell (though similar stuff have been around for a while) |
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jstone Inner circle Someday I'll have 1473 Posts |
Las Vegas Leaper (Paul Harris)
Under My Skin (creation of my own) B'Wav (Max Maven) |
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Larry Barnowsky Inner circle Cooperstown, NY where bats are made from 4770 Posts |
Yesterday I did three card effects with a borrowed deck which were fun to perforrm:
1. Sanverted (Carnecopia) 2. Urokinase (KOTR) 3. One At A Time Aces (Marlo in Tarbell) |
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sohaib Special user San Ramon, CA 577 Posts |
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On 2009-01-19 18:46, MickeyPainless wrote: Everyone has their own take on what their best routines are, and what best means in their performances; everyone has their own standard of measure. This is why I like these kind of threads - it's intriguing to see what every performer here considers their best pieces of card magic and why. For me, those effects are best which get the best reactions from audiences. |
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Jerome Finley V.I.P. SLC 3419 Posts |
The best for me, and my audiences (based on their response to what I do, and the joy I feel while performing these pieces) are:
'The Empanada' by Armando Lucero 'HCE' by Paul Vigil A pet showpiece combining Kenton's 'KK', Paul Brook's 'Deuterium' and an extra little something which makes this combo so freakin' clean and sweet every time! -Jerome
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MickeyPainless Inner circle California 6065 Posts |
***it's intriguing to see what every performer here considers their best***
AH! The original question did not ask what WE "Considered" our best! What I think is my best verses what my wife (or mentor, audience, kids, dog et al) may "consider" my best may (usually IS) be different! Mick |
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motown Inner circle Atlanta by way of Detroit 6127 Posts |
Oh, Please !!!
This isn't rocket science now! It's just a simple question.
"If you ever write anything about me after I'm gone, I will come back and haunt you."
– Karl Germain |
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walid ahumada Special user sinaloa, mexico 892 Posts |
Open travellers or invisible palm by Larry Jennings.
I do not know if it is my best,but is the one I feel I get a better audience reaction
“Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.” BEN OKRI quote
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sohaib Special user San Ramon, CA 577 Posts |
All of you have chosen fine pieces of card magic gentlemen - even finer is that you've made them your own. Let me share some comments on routines that have been mentioned so far in the thread.
Ambitious Card - everyone puts a personal touch on Ambitious Card. We all understand what it is, but not one routine is the same; there are so much possibilities with this plot, and the card to wallet and card to mouth endings are certainly very effective and surprising ways to conclude. Finger Flicker - David Blaine used this concept from Card Fictions on his recent special. It's not the routine described in Pit's book, but it uses the Finger Flicker concept. David has the spectator think of a card, and then has them flick to it. I've been doing a similar routine for some time using the Cut Force and a memorized deck. The effect looks much cleaner on TV - to magicians - since the camera can pull away as David positions the card for the Flick Force after it's thought of. I think the applications for the Finger Flicker concept are numerous. One idea I have is to use two decks and have two spectators both flick to the same card. Finally, let me briefly talk about Sanverted, Las Vegas Leaper, and Invisible Palm. These are all fantastic routines that I have used in my performances - they have always received an exceptional response by audiences. John Carney's Carneycopia is one of the best books in close-up magic, and Sanverted is one of the numerous exceptional effects in the book. I learned Las Vegas Leaper and Invisible Palm originally from videos - Michael Ammar's Easy to Master Card Miracles Vol. 1 and The Larry Jennings Video Vol. 1. Later on, I read the books that the routines are published in - The Art of Astonishment series and The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings. Besides having the aforementioned two effects, these books are full of exceptional material that I've still not finished studying. - Sohaib |
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Roger Kelly Inner circle Kent, England 3332 Posts |
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On 2009-01-19 19:36, Steven Youell wrote: And comments like this Steven! Because you are so revered and knowledgeable hardly gives you the right to slate others' well-intentioned topics. No wonder folk avoid this place. My 'best' at the moment Sohaib are "Beyond Belief" by Dave Campbell, "Cut em High & Tie" by Swain/Malone and "Mix & Match" by Dave Cambell. But, as has been alluded to, they do change from time to time. |
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